Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-03-24
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.

An effort is now beng made to Sc
cure the opening OF a portion OF the
Sioux reservation under the eeyeralty
bill.
The secretary has affirmed the COM
missioner decision canceling Ambrose
Paouetts's entry of the northwest
ouartersection IL, town 11O,range 70,
| Huron district.
The people OF White Lake are
very much elated at the prospect
| of having another branch of the Mil,
waukee e st. Paul road run into that
town. 1t is expected to reach that
point by August.
The secretary of the interior revers-
ed the decision CT the commissioners Of
the general land Office, and directed
the issue OF q patent to Clarissa ID
Knott for the southwest quarter sec,
ton IL, town 129, range 90, Aber'
deem land district.
Bottineau Pioneer: By the United
States census of 1880 the rate ofmor'
tality in New Hampshire was 16.1 to
the thousand, New Jersey 1853, Kan,
sas 1872, Wisconsin 12.l, Ohio 1873,
Nevada liz, Oregon 10.T and
Florida 8, while in Dakota, by the
census of 1885, the death rate was
only 6.1 in a thousand, thus establish.
ing the superiority of its climate for
salubrity.
indictments at Canton, were sci
aside by Judge Palmer on the ground
OF informality in drawing the grand
jury.
Highmorc Special; A Bohemian
family named Viten, four in number.
living north of Highmore, were ar.
rested on the charge of committing
an assault upon and severely injurIng
one Resarck, a neighbor. y
John Wertner, a herder for Mitchell
of Mandan, became lost and wandered
about for fifty hours in the south
part Of Morton county. He was fl
nally found on the Cannon Ball mine,
with both feet frozen. He was taken
to Fort Lincoln, where the post u
geon has just amputated both feet.
One of the most successful farmers
institutes ever held in Dakota, was
held at Gary. 1t was under the
supervision OF DIR. w. II. Gates OF
Gary, and was attended by 300
farmers from Lac qui Parle and Vel.
low Medicine counties, Minnesota, and
Deuel. county, Dakota.
Mrs. Maratta, wife of United States
Marshal d. w. Maratta, of the dis
trict OF Dakota, died in Minneapolis
Mrs. Maratta went to Minneapolis
from her home in Fargo a few days
ago for medical treatment, accom-
panied by her daughter and brother
Capt. Maratta was at Bismarck at
the time of his wife's death, and was
Immediately notified of.the sad event
A company known as the Equitable
Investment company, with a capita
of 500, 900. has been incorporated
to do a loaning business, with head
quarters at WATERFOWL. The officers
are; President, ex-Mayor w. r
Thomas; vice president, Hon. c. G
Williams; treasurer, H. ID. Walrath,
president of the first national bank;
secretary, d. w. Stutenroth.
The entire present bonded debt OF
the territory is s56s,oo0. The bonds
authorized by the legislature just ad
jonrned aggregate $780, 600, or with.
in $3S, 600 OF the entire previous debt
of the territory. The amounts au-
thorized are as follows: Sioux Falls
penitentiary, S14,30C; deaf mutes
school, S23,0O00; Yankton hospital
for the insane, 500, 500; jamestown
hospital, Sl53, 600; Grand Forks uni
versity, $50, 600; Vermillion, $50, 600;
Spearfish normal school, $25, 900,
Madison normal school, S35, 800; ex,
peyimental farm, Brookings, S54,5O0;
reform school, Plankinton, $4,000;
school of mines, Rapids City, 5000;
Bismarck penitentiary, $29, 600;
total, $3.50, 100.
Fargo Special: A suit is pending in
the district court here involving some
$4,000 worth OF real estate and
property OF all aged widow, which
grows out of an alleged fraudulent
transaction in which several sharp
ers, it is charged, has recorded, in the
register OF deeds Office in this city,
deeds p~urporting to convey the entire
homestead property OF Mrs. Harry
Young. The transaction is alleged to
have taken place at Helena, Mont,
while Mrs. Young was on a visit to
that place. Several well known citi.
zens are said to be implicated. Mrs.
Young denies eve having sold any
portion of her property, and has be.
gan proceeding to%recover title to the
property.
As near as it can be estimated at
present the total appropriations OF
thepresent legislature, including stand.
ing demands against the treasury, will
amount to about S1,1OO, 900. The
exact figures cannot be given until the
bills are carefully examined, but the
above is likely to fall below rather
than 60 above the estimate. Not.
withstandingth TACT that Gov. Church
prevented a number of large appro.
%priations by his veto, the total pass.
ed aggregates so large a sum that an
increase of the tax levy seems inevita-
BILE. The bonds authorized for new
buildings, f4tc., amount to between
three and four hundred thousand dol.
lars, while those of two years ago
amounted to but SIG, 900.
w. s. Judd, a. hardware merchant
OF Fargo, and a son of Postmaster
Judd, of Chicago, has been appointed
by the President as postmaster oil
Fargo to succeed n. 4 Tyner, whose
term expired March IA.
At Watertown, the clearinghouse oil
L. f, Heintz ia closed by the sheriff.
Liabilities Ito Chicago and Milwaukee
tirmsl, $12, 900; assets, $4,000.
Louis Patnaud, appointed terrific.
rial veterinary surgeon by the gov
ernor, is the clerk of the district court
at Brookings. He will qualify and
resign as soon as the governor finds a
suitable person for clerk.
q. "SaitSo as FayCrs.